Sie
Sie is an Austronesian language spoken in Vanuatu.
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Erromangan, or Sie (Sye), is the primary language spoken on the island Erromango in the Tafea region of the Vanuatu islands. The other Erromanga languages are either moribund or extinct. Although the island is quite large (887 km2), the total number of speakers of Erromango is estimated at 1900.
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Words in Sie
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| person | neteme* | |
| name | N* | |
| eye | mto* | |
| ear | telNu* | |
| nose | orola* | |
| tooth | lbe* | |
| tongue | lwame* | |
| hand | oru* | |
| blood | nde* | |
| bone | ura* | |
| skin | ta* | |
| knee | nopunnetru* | |
| breast | ni* | |
| liver | mou* | |
| water | nu | |
| fire | om* | |
| sun | en* | |
| star | mosi* | |
| stone | bat* | |
| mountain | mpuo* | |
| leaf | Nklinei* | |
| night | pumrox* | |
| dog | kuri* | |
| fish | nomu* | |
| louse | xut* | |
| one | saimo* | |
| two | ru* | |
| I | iau* | |
| you | kik* | |
| we | koh* |
* in the simplified ASJP transcription
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Vocabulary
Vocabulary compares 40 basic words (ASJP); grammar compares 195 features (Grambank). Similar is not always related.
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Elsewhere
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